List Mgmt. List Management 2025-26

[PeacefulWarrior]

Stuart's initial request to the AFL is that his sons (he has another son, James) be aligned to Port's Academy. He was also exploring his Aboriginal heritage.

Why would the AFL care what Stuart wants though in all seriousness

 

[Boak10]

Why would the AFL care what Stuart wants though in all seriousness

Indigenous heritage trumps a lot of things in todays society.

 

[rogerjames]

It will be a different proposition during the trade period without Ken in the picture this time.

Why?

 

[JimmyBC]

Why?

Because Ken's bullshit "You've gotta give something to get something" bendover ethos toward trading probably echoes through the joint.

 

[PJ Power]

Memo PAFC.
This is how you engineer a Trade.

No, no, no, no……we’ll do our best to get the player home because family is so important.

 

[Traveling_Power]

I wonder how we can get 1st round picks 16, 17 & 18 - all first-round picks to get Kossie -

(Hoping the Melbourne President doesn't realize that these 1st round picks will be pushed back into the 20's with academy bids and free agency compo's etc)

 

[rogerjames]

Granting Hawks access may set precedence for Port with Dougie Cochrane?

AFL goes to the best of its own drum around these things, but surely it couldn’t hurt our chances!

I'm sure that corrupt organisation will do us no favours. We are irrelevant in their priorities.

 

[Drunk_off_R0zee]

We did that with Houston.

None of that helps when you have a top player manager then coming in and threatening to encourage their players to avoid your club. Even over the top of the actual manager for the player being traded.

If that’s true then that is ridiculous. Port can’t be held to ransom and should’ve done something about this (unsure if they could do anything). But if that’s true that’s absolute bullsh!t and just shows the ridiculous vic centric narrative

 

[JUSTWORK]

We did that with Houston.

None of that helps when you have a top player manager then coming in and threatening to encourage their players to avoid your club. Even over the top of the actual manager for the player being traded.

At which point we should have walked out and refused to negotiate a second longer and advise Houston petty threats from his manager ended the trade.

 

[Willsy10]

Houston is gone, get the fck over it. The deal wasn’t great but I think we actually did as well as we could’ve out of the picks plus Richards. But it’s still a broken record here , going over the same shit, and we should’ve done this and should’ve done that.

And for all those comments praising Brad Green for his comments, we talked tough initially too, maybe wait and see how it actually plays out first. I can guarantee you that Melbourne aren’t getting three first round picks for Kozzie Pickett.


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

Houston is gone, get the fck over it. The deal wasn’t great but I think we actually did as well as we could’ve out of the picks plus Richards. But it’s still a broken record here , going over the same shit, and we should’ve done this and should’ve done that.

And for all those comments praising Brad Green for his comments, we talked tough initially too, maybe wait and see how it actually plays out first. I can guarantee you that Melbourne aren’t getting three first round picks for Kozzie Pickett.


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

Melbourne are unlikely to get rat-****ed by the head of the players agency.

They won't get three first rounders but they'll go close.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

We have spent 10 years moving our first round picks around to target specific players in the draft or trade. If we wanted good young talls we would have gone after them

It doesnt fit with trying to stay touching distance with the top 8 every year so we don't do it

And yes Van Rooyen looks like a big miss at the moment, he has kicked 30 goals both years.

Unpopular opinion coming.

You don't really need good tall forwards anymore.

Brisbane and Sydney being most recent grand finalists and Collingwood the year before are proof of this.

It's about the system. And we had none in the Dixon era.

 

[Addy23]

Unpopular opinion coming.

You don't really need good tall forwards anymore.

Brisbane and Sydney being most recent grand finalists and Collingwood the year before are proof of this.

It's about the system. And we had none in the Dixon era.

Not unpopular I'd say, it's about using the entire ground to your advantage and doing so requires massive effort to ensure you constantly provide an option. Last year was only DBJ that was a hard working small forward. Now you have SPP, Richards and Berry too who are able to cover ground.

 

[rogerjames]

If that’s true then that is ridiculous. Port can’t be held to ransom and should’ve done something about this (unsure if they could do anything). But if that’s true that’s absolute bullsh!t and just shows the ridiculous vic centric narrative

It should reported to the Afl who should warn them once & then suspend them for indiscretions. Player managers have way too much power. There should be a strict code of conduct that is administered & monitored by the Afl.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Players have to take responsibility if they are trying block out a player from contesting the ball. AFL should treat each case on its merits.

 

[Scodges]

Melbourne are unlikely to get rat-****ed by the head of the players agency.

They won't get three first rounders but they'll go close.

They’re not even getting [emoji638] firsts. He’s good , but no way worth [emoji638].


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com

 

[philthy05]

Unpopular opinion coming.

You don't really need good tall forwards anymore.

Brisbane and Sydney being most recent grand finalists and Collingwood the year before are proof of this.

It's about the system. And we had none in the Dixon era.

Unpopular? It’s factually wrong.

Brisbane’s FF finished the home and away season 6th on the Coleman ladder.

Our highest finish was 18th.

The year before it was 20.

Saying Brisbane didn’t have good kfs when Danihers Coleman finish of 6th im going to hazard a guess has been matched or bettered by a port kf very rarely in the Hinkley era.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

NWM: The Crows' offer is a 'lifer' - up to eight years plus. Port will also chase Wanganeen-Milera strongly. He has been settled in Melbourne as a big piece of the Saints' future under Ross Lyon. Whichever way it goes he's joining the million dollar men club.​

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

A clean out needs to take place asap. We are no mans land with the current list. Something has to change because this list right now is not cutting it. Port has to cut the excess waste and potentially have a few years of pain before competing again.

URGENT NEEDS (Most to least urgent)

• Key Defenders especially over 200cm
• Small Defenders with speed and skill
• Midfielders; Wines and Boak ain't cutting it anymore
• Ruck
• Key Forwards
• Small forwards
• TALENT TALENT TALENT

Players we either have to move on or consider moving on:

• Jackson Mead: Vanilla in every sense of the word. Nothing elite about him. TRADE or DELIST
• Ollie Wines: Not skillful enough and is a slow-plodder. TRADE
• Travis Boak: You're taking up a spot. It says a lot if we're still playing a soon-to-be 37 year old man instead of youth. RETIRE
• Lachie Jones: Can't handle a footy. 5 seasons and you still cannot hold a footy to save your life? TRADE; doubt it but it never hurts to test the market or DELIST
• Jeremy Finlayson: Possesses the talent and skills but his efforts are piss poor. Gives up when it gets too tough. DELIST
• Jed McEntee: Can't football at AFL. Only SANFL at best. DELIST ASAP
• Ryan Burton: Has been very average overall in the past few years. TRADE or DELIST
• Ivan Soldo: Wanted out after 1 season and couldn't get his wish. Grant his wish to move back to VIC. TRADE
• Dylan Williams: Has the skills and talent but has the pace of a snail. 6 seasons and still cannot get games. DELIST
• Tom Anastasopoulos: Don't think he is up to it. DELIST
• Lachlan Charleson: Not up to it. DELIST
• Rory Atkins: Spud. DELIST
• Hugh Jackson: If he cannot get a game within the next few weeks Butters injured and Mead having more midfield minutes at the moment. DELIST
• Josh Sinn: If he cannot grab the opportunities and gets soft-tissue injuries again. Cut our losses. TRADE
• Kane Farrell: If he gets a deal too good to refuse from a VIC club and gives us a high end 1st round pick as compensation, I'll take it. FREE AGENCY or KEEP OTHERWISE
• Todd Marshall: A head knock or two away from being forced into retirement. RETIRE
• Ollie Lord: If he cannot find regular games at this point, move him on while he still has some value. TRADE

I would also like to include Ratugolea but we're stuck with his contract for a while and no other club are foolish enough to make a play for him. BZT is solid but he won't ever be an elite defender and he isn't blessed with the physique nor athleticism to play on the bigger bodies and certainly doesn't have the leg speed to compete as well; Tex Walker outsprinted him and kicked a goal.

Now we can't and won't be able to get rid of all of them at once, but we have to start cutting players won't bring any value to Port Adelaide right now.

I haven't mentioned Miles Bergman and Zak Butters yet since my preference is to keep them. We'll know more at the mid-way point of the season if they will explore a move back to Vic based on what they do such as:

• Miles putting contract talks on hold until the end of the season.
• Zak Butters saying he is a contracted player.
• And many other cliches when it comes to trade rumours.

 

[ibd77]

Well we need to hit the draft hard before Tasmania comes in. That means sacrificing Butters and Bergman in the process as they are the only players in our squad with any trade value.

 

[Ah12]

Well we need to hit the draft hard before Tasmania comes in. That means sacrificing Butters and Bergman in the process as they are the only players in our squad with any trade value.

You dont trade established guns with 6-8 years of footy left in them. Especially the quality of those two. We shouldnt have traded a future first for soldo, ratagulea and sweet or for Luko. Those two decisions will set us back for years.

 

[El_Scorcho]

We didn't lose to Collingwood by 15 goals because of the list. Our list is simply impossible to assess under the current coaching setup. We've seen it play some scintillating footy and then some of the worst footy i've ever seen.

 

[all seeing eye]

Just give Butters and Bergman offers they cant refuse, build the depth by chasing solid underpayed players from around the leagues.

 

[Rash]

no point trading butters if we are going to get 1 first round pick (likely to happen).

We will probably draft another flaky half back or another sinn or jones

 

[Ford Fairlane]

We didn't lose to Collingwood by 15 goals because of the list. Our list is simply impossible to assess under the current coaching setup. We've seen it play some scintillating footy and then some of the worst footy i've ever seen.

We looked like we spent the whole pre-season practising one-way ahead-of-the-ball running. Absolutely could not defend or run back to block up holes.

We played a team who everyone all week questioned the fitness of, and they ran us off our legs. If they hadn't put the cue in the rack for much of the last quarter we could have lost that by anything.

That's on the coach. Preparation has been an absolute fail.